Bloodborne: 5 Reasons For Dark Souls Fans To Be Ecstatic

3. The Horror, The Horror!

Playing through Dark Souls I and II can often feel like slogging through a survival horror title, with the high difficulty, scarce resources, and theme of the undead rising. Despite this, the base design of the games has never directly taken cues from the conventions of the horror genre. With Bloodborne, it looks like From Software want to crank up the spookiness this time around though. With undead villager hordes reminiscent of Resident Evil 4, and environments that look far creepier than anything from the developer's previous output, expect to be scared witless, while dealing with the usual stress and tension. It feels like years since a truly difficult survival horror game has been on the market. The Last of Us is a fantastic game, but it played more like an action title, and recent Resident Evil entries have lacked the panic-driven gameplay that was once a trademark of the series. With Bloodborne though, there's a chance that horror fans might soon be getting what they've been asking for. An overtly horror-themed From Software game wasn't something we were asking for, however now you think about it this new focus on terror ought to fit in remarkably well with the style of gameplay that the developer has come to be known for.